Lin Shaye
Biography
Lin Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American actress. In a career spanning over fifty years, Shaye has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. She is regarded as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror productions, which include the films Alone in the Dark (1982), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Critters (1986) and its sequel Critters 2: The Main Course (1988), Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Dead End (2003), 2001 Maniacs (2005) and its sequel 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010), Ouija (2014) and its prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Tales of Halloween (2015), Abattoir (2016), The Final Wish (2018), Room for Rent (2019), The Grudge (2019), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), and the Insidious film series (2010–2026).…
Filmography
The Quarry: Movie Mode
2022 · 10.0
A Cry for Love
1980 · 10.0
House of Abraham
2025 · 9.5
A Secret Space
1977 · 9.0
Pines
2022 · 8.7
Common Side Effects
2025 · 8.5
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
2024 · 8.1
ER
1994 · 7.8
Insidious: Out of the Further
2026 · 7.7
Frasier
1993 · 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7
My So-Called Life
1994 · 7.7
My Name Is Earl
2005 · 7.6
Private Practice
2007 · 7.5
Who's the Boss?
1984 · 7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984 · 7.4
Mountain Top
2017 · 7.4
My Sister's Keeper
2009 · 7.4
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · 7.4
Frank and Penelope
2022 · 7.3
Becker
1998 · 7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001 · 7.2
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979 · 7.2
Pump Up the Volume
1990 · 7.1
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · 7.0
The Election
2007 · 7.0
Insidious
2011 · 7.0
Arli$$
1996 · 6.9
The Hidden
1987 · 6.9
Life Goes On
1989 · 6.8
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020 · 6.8
Detroit Rock City
1999 · 6.8
The Almost Guys
2004 · 6.8
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 · 6.7
The Long Riders
1980 · 6.7
Corrina, Corrina
1994 · 6.7
Dumb and Dumber
1994 · 6.7
There's Something About Mary
1998 · 6.6
Me, Myself & Irene
2000 · 6.6
Stillwatch
1987 · 6.6
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
2021 · 6.6
A Cinderella Story
2004 · 6.6
Brewster's Millions
1985 · 6.6
Insidious: The Red Door
2023 · 6.6
The Running Man
1987 · 6.5
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994 · 6.5
Critters
1986 · 6.5
Kingpin
1996 · 6.5
Take Me Home
2011 · 6.5
Cellular
2004 · 6.4
Dead End
2003 · 6.4
Room for Rent
2019 · 6.4
Next Stop Murder
2010 · 6.4
Last Man Standing
1996 · 6.4
EastSiders
2012 · 6.3
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015 · 6.3
Insidious: The Last Key
2018 · 6.3
Perversions of Science
1997 · 6.3
Extreme Prejudice
1987 · 6.3
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994 · 6.3
Hester Street
1975 · 6.3
The Land of the Astronauts
2010 · 6.3
Eight Is Enough
1977 · 6.2
Critters 2
1988 · 6.2
Farewell Mr. Kringle
2010 · 6.2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016 · 6.2
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993 · 6.1
Project: ALF
1996 · 6.1
Buster's Mal Heart
2017 · 6.1
Scared to Death
2026 · 6.1
The Signal
2014 · 6.0
Living Out Loud
1998 · 6.0
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995 · 6.0
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022 · 6.0
Grow House
2017 · 6.0
Chronic Town
2008 · 6.0
Barely Legal
2003 · 5.9
Director's Cut
2016 · 5.9
Nature of the Beast
1995 · 5.9
The Three Stooges
2012 · 5.8
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011 · 5.8
The Midnight Man
2016 · 5.8
Alone in the Dark
1982 · 5.8
Goin' South
1978 · 5.8
I Was a Teenage Werebear
2011 · 5.8
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
2020 · 5.8
Chillerama
2011 · 5.7
Tales of Halloween
2015 · 5.7
Hate Crime
2005 · 5.7
Noobz
2013 · 5.7
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994 · 5.7
Matchmaker Santa
2012 · 5.7
Sedona
2011 · 5.6
Big Ass Spider!
2013 · 5.6
Roadside Prophets
1992 · 5.6
Why Me?
1984 · 5.6
Falcon Crest
1981 · 5.6
Book of Love
1990 · 5.5
Trial by Fire
1995 · 5.5
Snakes on a Plane
2006 · 5.5
The Grudge
2019 · 5.4
Stuck on You
2003 · 5.4
The Call
2020 · 5.4
2001 Maniacs
2005 · 5.4
Crazy Kind of Love
2013 · 5.4
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015 · 5.4
The Voices
2020 · 5.4
Darkness Falls
2020 · 5.4
Critters 3
1991 · 5.3
My Demon Lover
1987 · 5.3
All About the Money
2017 · 5.3
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993 · 5.3
Summer Fantasy
1984 · 5.3
Born Killers
2005 · 5.3
Dreamkatcher
2020 · 5.2
Boat Trip
2002 · 5.2
Jack Goes Home
2016 · 5.2
Small Town Saturday Night
2010 · 5.2
Ouija
2014 · 5.1
Grace
2014 · 5.1
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015 · 5.1
Doggie Heaven
2008 · 5.1
The Hillside Strangler
2004 · 5.1
American Cowslip
2009 · 5.1
FDR: American Badass!
2012 · 5.1
The Final Wish
2019 · 5.0
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982 · 5.0
Wish You Were Dead
2002 · 5.0
Unbeatable Harold
2006 · 5.0
Who's Your Daddy?
2004 · 4.9
Drop Dead Sexy
2005 · 4.9
Slam Dance
1987 · 4.9
Bachelor Party Vegas
2006 · 4.9
Three of Hearts
1993 · 4.9
Say It Isn't So
2001 · 4.8
The Temp
1993 · 4.8
Ambition
2019 · 4.8
Texas Heart
2016 · 4.7
Jewtopia
2012 · 4.7
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006 · 4.7
Rosewood Lane
2011 · 4.7
Herbert West: Reanimator
2018 · 4.7
Lucky Stiff
1988 · 4.6
Los Angeles Overnight
2018 · 4.6
Trading Favors
1997 · 4.6
Abattoir
2016 · 4.5
Dark Moon Rising
2009 · 4.5
Driftwood
2006 · 4.5
Without Charlie
2001 · 4.5
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · 4.4
Confessions of an Action Star
2005 · 4.3
Amityville: A New Generation
1993 · 4.3
3 Days of Normal
2012 · 4.3
Attention Shoppers
2000 · 4.3
Get Gone
2019 · 4.3
All American Christmas Carol
2013 · 4.2
Contagion
2002 · 4.2
Down the P.C.H.
2006 · 4.2
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
2003 · 4.2
Asylum
2008 · 4.1
ManFast
2003 · 4.1
Breakfast with Einstein
1998 · 4.1
Sex and the Married Woman
1977 · 4.0
Homo Erectus
2007 · 4.0
The Black Room
2017 · 3.8
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
2010 · 3.8
Hoboken Hollow
2006 · 3.8
Killer Pad
2008 · 3.8
The Hidden II
1993 · 3.8
Gothic Harvest
2019 · 3.6
Killer by Nature
2010 · 3.4
Stuntmen
2009 · 3.4
The Penthouse
2010 · 3.4
Lost Time
2014 · 3.3
Life's an Itch
2012 · 3.0
Pledge This!
2007 · 2.9
Surf School
2006 · 2.8
Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010 · 2.0
Chasing Robert
2007 · 2.0
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
2010 · 1.0
Before Memory
— · 1.0
Mascotland
— · 0.0
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
2010 · 0.0
Waffle Hut
2012 · 0.0
Insidious: Spectral Sightings
2013 · 0.0
The Old World
— · 0.0
Jackson's Hole
— · 0.0
Goldberg - P.I.
2011 · 0.0
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
— · 0.0
Dead of Nowhere 3D
— · 0.0
The Bench
— · 0.0
Carrier
— · 0.0
Devoted
— · 0.0
A Letter from My Father
2001 · 0.0
Remote
2022 · 0.0